Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the [a]apple of Your eye;
Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:8 Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eye.

Guard me as you would guard your own eyes.[a]
    Hide me in the shadow of your wings.

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  1. 17:8 Hebrew as the pupil of your eye.

Protect me like the pupil of your eye,
hide me in the shadow of your wings

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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

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    How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
    in the shadow of your wings.

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(6) Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
your judgments are like the great deep.
You save man and beast, Adonai.

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How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Psalm 57[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(B)

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
    for in you I take refuge.(C)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(D)
    until the disaster has passed.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
  2. Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors.

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Mikhtam of David. [A record of memorable thoughts of David] when he fled from Saul in the cave.

57 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

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Psalm 57

For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
    I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
    until the danger passes by.

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Footnotes

  1. 57:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.

57 (0) For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David, a mikhtam, when he fled from Sha’ul into the cave:

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57 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

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